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Configuring MobileTogether Server & LicenseServer

Ty Shuff
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Part of the Altova MobileTogether framework, MobileTogetherServer is the back-end hub that powers your native apps for Android, iOS, Windows, and the web.  The server provides high performance data processing, comprehensive caching, instant deployment of apps, and more.

Every developer looking to install MobileTogether Server will also need to obtain a copy of Altova LicenseServer. LicenseServer is a free product that simplifies license management for all Altova products, including MobileTogether Server. Licenses are managed via an easy-to-use web-based administrator console.

The video tutorial below will walk developers through the steps needed to install both MobileTogether Server and LicenseServer. It covers obtaining and running the installer followed by a basic configuration that will have you deploying enterprise apps in under an hour. This video is the first part in a short series that will eventually discuss SSL Certificate deployment, network configuration, and deploying apps to each of the app stores.

If you’re new to MobileTogether and would like to learn more about developing mobile apps, please head over to the MobileTogether Demos page where we have a collection of video tutorials.

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Design and Refine your Apps with MobileTogether 5.0

Erin Cavanaugh
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In its latest release, the MobileTogether app development framework adds several new features for building native mobile apps and enterprise solutions, including a totally rewritten web client, numerous new UI design options, powerful new Actions and functions, and much more.

Whether it’s refining the look and feel of your app’s UI or designing sophisticated app behavior, MobileTogether 5.0 adds numerous tools that make it easy.

Let’s take a look.

New in MobileTogether 5.0

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Implementing Basic Filtering in Your App

Ty Shuff
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There are numerous ways to implement searching and filtering within mobile apps.  MobileTogether Designer allows developers to perform filtering on either your mobile app or on the server via a SQL query.  Knowledge of each of these methods, along with the use cases for them, is an essential tool every mobile developer should possess.

This video tutorial continues to build out the books database project that has been constructed in previous tutorials.  It will cover the steps needed to implement basic filtering in your mobile app.  Additionally, it also introduces developers to the usage of user defined XQuery functions which provide a method to centralize application logic.

 

 

If you’re new to MobileTogether Designer, please take a moment to view the MobileTogether Demos page where we have provided links to additional video tutorials and demo apps.

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Images, Icons, and Tool Buttons in Mobile Apps

David McGahey
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We have written previously about Integrating APIs and Mobile Apps to create a rich and entertaining user experience. Since publishing our previous post, we continued to enhance the GPS demo app with additional API support to get current weather conditions and scheduled events nearby.

One challenge with offering all this functionality on a small mobile screen is to provide users with a clear, consistent, and easy to use navigation scheme across all views in the app.

Applying icon images as tool buttons in mobile apps can create a stylish and graceful navigation menu, especially if the icons are chosen based on recognizable and commonly-agreed conventions. For instance, an arrow pointing left often indicates go back, and a floppy disk icon frequently represents save data, even when the ultimate destination might not be a new file nor a disk.

In this post we will describe how to use image icons to build cross-platform navigation menus with tool buttons in mobile apps using MobileTogether.

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Creating and Deleting Database Records with MobileTogether

Ty Shuff
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Creating, deleting, and validating records is an essential bit of functionality in all data driven apps. By using MobileTogether Designer, developers can produce cross platform apps capable of handling these functions and more in record time.

The video tutorial below expands upon the concepts introduced in previous videos. It covers the steps required to add functionality for creation, deletion, and data validation to your mobile app.

If you’re new to MobileTogether Designer, please take a moment to view the MobileTogether Demos page where we have provided links to additional video tutorials and demo apps.

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Retrieve and Modify Images with MobileTogether

Ty Shuff
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Inevitably mobile developers will need to build an app that needs to interact with their users’ camera and gallery.  MobileTogether Designer makes this task easy by providing a set of controls that allow developers to add this functionality to apps in record time.  The video tutorial below is a continuation of our series aimed at working with databases in MobileTogether; it covers steps needed to solicit images and, if necessary, resize those images to fit a user’s device.

 

 

 

If you’re new to MobileTogether Designer, please take a moment to view the MobileTogether Demos page where we have provided links to additional video tutorials and demo apps.

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Querying and Editing Database Records with MobileTogether

Ty Shuff
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The heart of any app is its ability to view and modify bits of data. By using MobileTogether Designer, developers can build apps which show a broad picture of all data and enable users to easily drill down and edit individual records. This video tutorial will guide you through enhancing the Books sample app by adding the ability to view and edit records.

If this is your first time using MobileTogether, please take the time to view both our getting started video along with part one of our series on working with databases in MobileTogether Designer. Each of these videos will help you become familiar with the interface, phraseology, and provide you with techniques to efficiently build mobile apps.

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